Tank

detmers has to go so too does patty o'neal i want my dinner

that would be a decent lineup. i'll bet they don't play more than 30 games together (unfortunately).

with detmers giving up three runs in the first tonight, i imagine the beer sales will be higher than usual for the fans that are there. that increase in sales should help the hourly workers.

good to see that detmers has come out strong to prove his case for next year. 3-0 texas

all the dodgers have been doing this all season long. my kid says it's something freddie freeman came up with. could be from a video game or anime or some kind of nervous condition freddie has.

Bench Vladdy Sr. Griffey Jr. Ryan Don Baylor

true. i think the bigger issue is working in congress for things that will help your district. we've seen plenty of examples over the years of national bills in congress with all kinds of money for pet projects at home attached to them. i remember an earthquke relief bill congress passed after the northridge quake in '94. senator robert byrd of west virginia attached a rider (or whatever it's called) for $10 mil for a new transportation center in his home state, something that had nothing to do with relief for an earthquake in socal. this has become a common practice in DC. IIRC she actively campaigned against walmart building a store in her district, even though it would have provided a lot of jobs. but as for the policing, that should rest more on the local governance - mayor, city council, etc.

so that'll take what, two or three weeks tops?

Control

you're missing sandoval when he returns from TJS. i'd put him in the canning indifference category. i'd also keep fulmer, crouse, and miller, and see if strickland is willing to comeback. adios contreras. i have no opinion on marte, or zuniga. other than that, i like your list.

that was more of a curb stomp. yikes. if the US was sitting back and thinking this was going to be easy, then they learned a valuable lesson today. on to saturday and hopefully better results.

Gun

US got off to a great start today, winning all five matches today against, well, against the world. 30 total points possible for this format, so 15.5 is needed to win/retain the Cup.

so some of you think that a younger manager would have been able to get more out of this group of players? hilarious. we have a talent issue. we've had a talent issue on the roster for too long. this is a perry problem, not a wash problem.

the chisox were 4-2 against the halos for the season, all games played in the last 10 days.

Five

not quite, but close. the good news is that this winter we won't lose a unicorn to a hated rival up the 5 freeway.

i'm available... so is blarg...

clearly, we need someone to create a detailed tier system around here.

if you look at the guys who were in the lineup with ohtani, you have to think this is likely very true. we've had some real bums in our lineups over the last seven years.

fans need to vote with their wallets. that's going to send the loudest message.

let's just go scorched earth this winter and do something like this again: